Ryerson Fiction Award

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Ryerson Fiction Award
Awarded forunpublished manuscript by a Canadian writer
Country Canada
Presented by Ryerson Press
First awarded1942
Last awarded1960

The Ryerson Fiction Award, also known as the All-Canada Prize, was a Canadian literary award, presented irregularly between 1942 and 1960. Presented by Ryerson Press, [1] the award was given to an unpublished manuscript by a new or emerging writer, which was then published by Ryerson Press, [2] and the prize consisted of $1,000 of which $500 was an advance on royalties. [1]

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Although it was considered one of the major Canadian literary awards in its era, few of the winning novels remain well-remembered today. [2] Only five titles which won the award ever went on to a subsequent paperback reprint, [2] with Edward McCourt's Music at the Close the only title that was selected for McClelland & Stewart's New Canadian Library reprint series in the 1970s. [2]

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Two works, G. Herbert Sallans' Little Man and Philip Child's Mr. Ames Against Time, won both the Ryerson Fiction Prize and the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction in the same year; one other writer, Laura Salverson, won both awards for different works. Three writers — Child, Will R. Bird and Gladys Taylor — won the award twice, although both of Bird's wins and one of Child's were in ties with other writers.

Winners

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  2. 1 2 3 4 Brian Busby, "Anyone Care About the Ryerson Fiction Award?". The Dusty Bookcase, January 7, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Ryerson Press Fiction Award Contest Opens". Winnipeg Tribune . June 27, 1944. p. 19. Retrieved August 21, 2014– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  4. ↑ "No Novel Chosen". Lethbridge Herald . July 4, 1943. p. 9. Retrieved August 21, 2014– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  5. ↑ "Toronto Novelist Wins Ryerson Award". Ottawa Journal . May 21, 1949. p. 40. Retrieved August 21, 2014– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  6. ↑ "Wins Fiction Award". Ottawa Journal . May 27, 1950. p. 1. Retrieved August 21, 2014– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  7. ↑ "Wife of Nova Scotia Lighthouse Keeper Wins Ryerson Award". Ottawa Journal . March 28, 1953. p. 8. Retrieved August 21, 2014– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  8. ↑ "Ryerson Fiction Award". Ottawa Journal . March 14, 1959. p. 44. Retrieved April 14, 2014– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  9. ↑ "Joan Walker of Swastika Wins Fiction Award". Ottawa Journal , April 20, 1957.
  10. ↑ "Winning Author". Ottawa Journal . March 14, 1959. p. 9. Retrieved August 21, 2014– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  11. ↑ "Ryerson Fiction Award Winner". Ottawa Journal . March 26, 1960. p. 4. Retrieved August 21, 2014– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
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